Moth preventive and deodorizer



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Dec. 1, 1931. E. J. REEFER MOTH PREVENTIVE AND DEODORIZER Filed 0013.30, 1929 new... D... 1, 1931 1,834,738

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

Euennn .1. nnnrnaor new You, N. Y.

mom PREVENTIVE AND nnonoarznn Application filed October 80, 1929. Serial No. 408,427.

This invention, generally stated, relates to For the purpose of illustrating my invena moth preventive and deodorizer and has tion Ihave shown in the accompanying drawmore especial relation to a novel means by mgs one form thereof which is at present which the same may be suspended, and furpreferred by me, since the same has been 5 ther relates to a novel wrapper therefor. found in practice to give satisfactory and re- One object of the present invention is to liable results, although it is to be understood provide a solidified, molded article of the that the various instrumentalities of which character stated of cone, ball, or cube shape my invention consists can be variously ar-' and made of suitable material for moth preranged and'organized and that my invention 10 vention and at the same time serving as a is not limited to the precise arrangement deodorizer, which article has extended enand organization of the instrumentalities as tirely therethrough a supporting hook herein shown and described. whereby the article may be suspended with- Referrmg to the drawings in detail, the out danger of the article falling from its supreference numeral 10 designates a solidified, 5 port because of gradual wasting away of the molded article of crystalline-like consistency crystalline substance making up the artlcle. and designed for moth prevention and de- A further object is to provide a novel, odorizing purposes. This article may beof cheap, and simple suspension arrangement conical shape as shown in the drawings, or for so-called moth preventive and deodorizer may be in the shape of a ball or cube withwhich consists in taking a single piece of out departing from the spirit of theinv'enwire, molding the crystalline substance theretion. Entended entirely through the article around, and bending over each protruding and pro ected from top and bottom thereof end of the wire to form at the article top a is a supporting member, usually wire 11. In hook, and to form at the bottom a relatively practice the crystalline substance of the arelongated part for article support. ticle is molded around the wire 11, thus mak- A further object of the present invention ing a verv. simple and cheap arrangement of is to provide a novel. transparent Wrapper parts, Th top of th wi 11 i b nt h kfor enclosing the article for sales purposes fashion as at 12 for suspension purposes. and 0 to present a good appearance and to preven the bottom of the wire. which is relativelv waste of the article through being sub ected elongated. is extended in parallelism with to the atmospheric air. the base of the article 10 as at 13. best seen With these and other, objects in view, the in Fig. 2. Thus. the wire'embedded in the invention consists of the novel construction article is substantially L-shaped with a hook hereinafter described and finally claimed. at its top. For sales purposes, with the end The nature, characteristic features and in view of presenting a good appearance. and scope of the invention will be more fully at the same time. preventing atmospheric air understood from the following description attacking the article itself. I provide a transtaken in connection with the accompanying parent paper cover 14, which completely enj drawings forming part hereof, and in whlch: velops the article including the hook 12 and Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of moth prepart13. The purchaser removes the paper venting and deodorizing article arranged covering and uspends the article in a clo t ready for sales purposes. 4 15 or other desirable place upona'hook 16, Fig. 2 is a central sectional view thereof; by means of the hooked end 12 of wire 11. d While the material of which the cone of the Fig. 3 is a view of a closet illustrating an present invention is formed gives excellent article embodying the invention suspended results, obviously other ingredients may be therein, it being of course understood that employed. However, for illustrative purthe transparent paper covering is now reposes, I have found that a composition havso moved. ing' as its base paradichlorbenzine is well suitedto the purpose. Paradichlorbenzine is a by-product that is supplied to manufacturers of moth reventives and used to make v up moth repellents in difierent forms. Paradichlorbenzine is manufactured by a direct chlorination of benzene (coal tar) followed by a separation from its isomers sublimation. Paradichlorbenzine is a colorless crystal of aromatic odor and is distinctly-volatile, transforming into a vapor about five times heavier than air, the rate of volatilizetion increasing with the temperature.

In practice paradichlorbenzine liquid is poured into a mould immediately after which a wire is placed in the mould and is held in proper position as previously described when the liquid solidifies; The wire employed is technically termed eighteen ga e stove Wire.

What I claim is: 1. A- device of the character stated com prising 'a'solidified article of crystalline-like substance serving as a moth preventive and deodorizes, said article having extended entirely therethrougha metallic member the upper terminus of which is disposed in substantial alignment with the vertical axis of said member and is bent over hook-fashion and the bottom terminus of which is turned 80 back substantially in parallelism with the base of the article, upon which-the base of thearticle abuts solely within the confines of the base line to provide a support. v 2. A device of the character stated com 35' prisin a solidified conical-shaped article of g crystal ine-like substance serving as a moth preventive and deodorizer, said article hav- Ing extended entirely therethrough a wire, thesgigpper. terminus of which is disposed in 40 substantial alignment with the vertical axis of said wire and is bent over hook-fashion and the bottom terminus of which is turned back in parallelism with the base of the article, upon which the base of the article abuts 43' solely within the confinesof the base line to provide a support. I i i 3. A device of the character. stated comprising a solidified article of crystalline-like substance serving as a moth preventive and se deodorizer, said article having extended entirelytherethrough a metallic member the upper terminus of which is disposed in substantial alignment with the vertical axis of said member and is bent over hook-fashion and the bottom terminus of which is turned back substantially in parallelism with thebase of the article, upon which the base of the article abuts solely within the confines f the base line to provide a support and an 0 envelope of} transparent fibrous material completely'covering said article including the projected portions of said metallic member. a EUGENE J. REEFER. 

